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“Tindall Security”, Islington: rockabilly owl

“Tindall Security” burglar alarm, Islington • Unlike the last two days’ mysterious swift-or-swallow SWAT alarms, Tindall have a highly recognisable owl, and the firm is still demonstrably in existence, with a fully functioning website and a head office in Hertford, albeit on an industrial estate inacessible to Google Street View (I hate it when that happens). The owl’s got a flat-top – maybe it’s a fan of rockabilly. OK, that’s enough birds. Tomorrow: vision. • Spotted: Tollington Park, Islington, London, N4, 2011 • Politics: In the Labour constituency of Islington North

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